Manatee Commission OK's paying Vanessa Baugh's legal fees in Sunshine case
Settlement and legal fees cost taxpayers more than $68,0000
The Manatee County Commission on Tuesday approved paying Commissioner Vanessa Baugh’s legal bills, after she settled an open records lawsuit filed against her and two other commissioners.
The bills total $64,000. Baugh also will be reimbursed the $4.319.82 she paid to settle the lawsuit with Sarasota paralegal MIchael Barfield.
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